Dear Mailinglist,
I would like to propose two new standard names for oceanic parameters:
mole_concentration_of_dissolved_inorganic_nitrogen_in_sea_water
mole_concentration_of_dissolved_inorganic_iron_in_sea_water
Reason for nitrogen:
Dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) and dissolved inorganic phosphorus
(DIP) are a commonly used parameter in biogeochemical modelling. There
exists no standard name for the first (DIN) yet.
Reason for iron:
There is a "tendency_of_ocean_mole_content_of_dissolved_inorganic_*"
standard name existing for iron but no molar concentration. For
completeness, I would like to add a standard name for mole concentration
of inorganic iron in sea water.
Further, I would like to suggest to remove a typo in
"tendency_of_ocean_mole_content_of_dissolved_inorganic_nitrogen".
Currently, the last sentences of its description reads 'Where possible,
the data variableshould be accompanied by a complete description of the
species represented, for example, by using a comment attribute.'. There
is a space missing 'variableshould'.
The full descriptions are given below (combined from existing
description of other "mole_concentration_of_dissolved_inorganic_*" and
"tendency_of_ocean_mole...nitrogen/iron").
Regards,
Daniel
Name:
mole_concentration_of_dissolved_inorganic_nitrogen_in_sea_water
Description:
Mole concentration means number of moles per unit volume, also called
"molarity", and is used in the construction
"mole_concentration_of_X_in_Y", where X is a material constituent of Y.
A chemical or biological species denoted by X may be described by a
single term such as "nitrogen" or a phrase such as
"nox_expressed_as_nitrogen". "Dissolved inorganic nitrogen" is the term
used in standard names for all species belonging to the family that are
represented within a given model. The list of individual species that
are included in a quantity having a group chemical standard name can
vary between models. Where possible, the data variable should be
accompanied by a complete description of the species represented, for
example, by using a comment attribute.
Unit:
mol m-3
Name:
mole_concentration_of_dissolved_inorganic_iron_in_sea_water
Description:
Mole concentration means number of moles per unit volume, also called
"molarity", and is used in the construction
"mole_concentration_of_X_in_Y", where X is a material constituent of Y.
A chemical or biological species denoted by X may be described by a
single term such as "nitrogen" or a phrase such as
"nox_expressed_as_nitrogen". "Dissolved inorganic iron" means iron ions,
in oxidation states of both Fe2+ and Fe3+, in solution.
Unit:
mol m-3
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Daniel Neumann
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemuende
Physical Oceanography and Instrumentation
Seestrasse 15
18119 Rostock
Germany
phone: +49-381-5197-287
fax: +49-381-5197-114 or 440
e-mail: [email protected]
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